INFLUENCE ON ACQUIRING THE CONCEPT OF ELECTRICITY IN THE CLASS OF EXAMINING STUDENTS' RESPONSES

Abstract

Many students in lower secondary school regard the learning of the electric circuit as memorizing the Ohm's law when they are preparing for an examination to high school. We examined the students' responses for two hours in the learning of the physical meanings among an the electric current, voltage and resistance. We gave them an achievement test after four months and investigated the effect of the class. Our class, consequently, didn't influence the total scholarstic ability. The students, however, understood visually the relation among the current, voltage and resistance, but they could not master the graphic operation in the class. These results suggest that the students will be able to understand the meaning of the principles by using our manner of teaching.